Gas station thinks this $5 is Counerfeit

Last night I went to pick up some beer and the gas station woman said, "Whats going on with this $5?!". I remember thinking the same thing when it was given to me in change at another gas station weeks ago. The paper looks good, the watermarks are all there and the security thread says USA 5. The attendant marked it 2 times with the pen and it came up good. She still wouldnt take it. I took it back from her and geve her a "normal" looking $5. Has anyone seen anything like this? Here is a normal 5 next to mine. Note the coloring where it was marked by the pen.

 

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Weird...

 

Probably washed with new jeans.

 

Look like it was left in a pair of blue jeans washed, dried then spent somewhere then you recieved it---hum-money is still money I thought--'in god we trust'? Federal reserve note? I am no expert-pretty neat--

 

I thought the same thing. Its a pretty denim blue. Very even and uniform.

 

When I worked as a bartender on the beach, we would get countless bills that were wet and would change color like this.

Chris

 

The counterfeiters primarily make $100 notes. The idea is to unload them/launder them in large quantities to get real money back and get out of town. I doubt anybody is putting that much effort into making that high of quality $5 fakes. And risking getting caught using them one at a time. Talk about paranoid.

 

Paranoid? Not at all... I was hoping that I had some sort of dye error here lol.

 

What do you bet her second job is a Wal-Mart cashier, all of whom are now expert counterfeit detectors :thumb:

 

This one gets a loud groan. Good job.

 

Very nice toning.

 

It's only five bucks. I'd hold on to it, if only as a conversation piece.

 

Uh, if she was moonlighting at WalMart, don't they train their cashiers to tear the notes in half?

Chris

 

Unless a memo was posted not to tear fake bills up

 

I would take a black sharpie marker across the note and then redeem the note at a bank. Using a sharpie will ensure that the note is placed into a mutilated pile and not sent back out into circulation where the note may again cause the same problems with being spent as the OP experienced.

 

I would like to comment on your pic. Cover for the scorpins-ah.Blackout. brought back some quick memories!!! Thanks!

 

my god mother worked for the IRS for 38 years and she told me that if a store would not accept legit US money then they can get in BIG trouble. you can pay for a candy bar in all pennies and they can NOT tell you to roll them or they will not take them. make a stink just for messing with your goodie run

 

Your God Mother was wrong.
And on top of that, the IRS only collects taxes and interprets tax law, the Treasury Department controls the coin and currency of the realm.

 

What your godmother told you was complete nonsense. Have you never been to a store or a gas station that had a sign which said something to the effect of "Denominations above $20 not accepted"? These signs are not a joke. A store can decline to accept payment in coins as well. The one exception I have heard of is when you owe a debt from services that have already been rendered. Even then a store could decline your payment (which means you would be let off from your obligation to pay in most situations).

 

actually you are incorrect. i worked at a bank for 5 years and the majority of counterfeits we received were $20's, $10's and $5's. i would see them on a daily basis as i would deal with the commercial deposits. $100's were the least of any note. the location i worked out was one of the busiest in town. :thumb: